Organophosphorothioates and synergised synthetic pyrethroids were used in duplicate field trials carried out on bulk wheat in commercial silos in Queensland and New South Wales. Laboratory bioassays using malathion‐resistant strains of insects were carried out on samples of treated grain at intervals over 9 months. These established that all treatments were generally effective. Deltamethrin (2 mg kg−1)+ piperonyl butoxide (8 mg kg−1), fenitrothion (12 mg kg−1)+ fenvalerate (1 mg kg−1)+ piperonyl butoxide (8 mg kg−1), fenitrothion (12 mg kg−1)+ phenothrin (2 mg kg−1)+ piperonyl butoxide (8 mg kg−1) and pirimiphos‐methyl (4 mg kg−1)+ permethrin (1 mg kg−1)+ piperonyl butoxide (8 mg kg−1) controlled common field strains of Sitophilus oryzae (L.) and Rhyzopertha dominica (F.). Against a highly resistant strain of S. oryzae, deltamethrin (2 mg kg−1)+ piperonyl butoxide (8 mg kg−1) was superior to the remaining treatments. All treatment combinations completely prevented progeny production in Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), T. confusum Jacquelin du Val and in Ephestia cautella (Walker). Residues of deltamethrin, fenvalerate, permethrin and phenothrin were determined and shown to be highly persistent on stored wheat. During milling, residues accumulated in the bran fractions and were reduced in white flour. They were not significantly reduced during baking.

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SYNOPSISThe defensive secretions of 52 species of Australian and New Caledonian Carabidae, representing 34 genera and 15 subfamilies, have been analysed by thin-layer and gas chromatographic techniques. The new information, together with all comparable data available from the literature, is used to test the value of composition of the defensive secretion as a taxonomic character, and the findings are compared with those previously derived from purely morphological studies.

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The efficacy of bifenthrin (0.5 mg/kg) + piperonyl butoxide (7 mg/kg) + chlorpyrifosmethyl (10 mg/kg) against beetle and psocid pests of sorghum was evaluated in silo-scale trials in southeast Queensland, Australia. The pyrethroid bifenthrin was evaluated as a potential new protectant in combination with the organophosphate chlorpyrifos-methyl, which is already registered for control of several insect pests of stored cereals. Sorghum (approximately 200 metric tons) was treated after both the 1999 and 2000 harvests and sampled at intervals to assess treatment efficacy and residue decline during up to 7 mo of storage. Generally, test strains of the beetles Rhyzopertha dominica (F.), Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L), and Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens) were prevented from producing live progeny for up to 7 mo. The treatment failed against one strain of R. dominica known to be resistant to bioresmethrin and organophosphates. Two malathion-resistant strains of O. surinamensis were marginally controlled with 94-100% fewer adult progeny produced. For psocids, no strains of Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel, Liposcelis decolor (Pearman), or Liposcelis paeta Pearman produced live progeny, although the control of a field strain of Liposcelis entomophila (Enderlein) was generally poor. Results show that this treatment should protect sorghum for at least 7 mo against most prevalent strains of grain insect in eastern Australia, although control may be limited in areas in which L. entomophila or pyrethroid-resistant R. dominica are present.